The Basics
Rhythm
Can you tap your foot to a tune? (Congratulations — there may be hope for you as a dancer…)
If not, try humming Row, Row, Row your Boat. The singer is waving his arm on the “beat”. The tune goes like this, where every bullet point is a beat, and the tempo is like walking, taking a step on each beat.
- (1) Row,
- (2) row,
- (3) row your
- (4) boat,
- (5) gently
- (6) down a
- (7) stream.
- (8) (pause)
- (1) Merrily,
- (2) merrily,
- (3) merrily,
- (4) merrily,
- (5) life is
- (6) but a
- (7) dream.
- (8) (pause)
If you have insurmountable difficulty with this, try saturation. Keep playing the video over and over and make some part of your body move back and forth for each “tick”, even if you’re sitting down.